Many happy returns, JenP!
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Oct 07, 2024 8:23:21 am PDT #2835 of 4151
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:14:25 am PDT #2836 of 4151
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry about the tense dream, Hec. The puddle dream sounds like a nice one though. I gave up and got a window A/C for camp because no one ever used air conditioning in the Adirondacks. It only gets used a handful of times a year, but it is nice to have the option.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2024 9:17:14 am PDT #2837 of 4151
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I gave up and got a window A/C for camp because no one ever used air conditioning in the Adirondacks. It only gets used a handful of times a year, but it is nice to have the option.
It should only get up into the 80s today so it'll be easier.
I'm planning on putting a heat pump in for the attic, and putting solar panels up too, so those are home improvements I've got on the list. Probably after Matilda goes to college.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:25:52 am PDT #2838 of 4151
Our wings are not tired.
Yikes. Tampa is in big trouble. Cat 5.
Since Sunday night, the storm’s rate of strengthening has reached extreme levels — its intensity leaping from a Category 1 to 5. The storm’s peak winds Monday midday were up to 160 mph, a 70 mph increase in 12 hours.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2024 9:36:02 am PDT #2839 of 4151
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yikes. Tampa is in big trouble. Cat 5.
Damn, and it's not even supposed to make landfall until Wednesday, right? Maybe it'll lose intensity by then.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 9:49:36 am PDT #2840 of 4151
Our wings are not tired.
They do expect it to lose steam. At least going to 4 and hopefully 3. But keeping strong all the way across the state including Orlando. The whole middle section of the state will be without power for a while.
meara - Oct 07, 2024 9:54:02 am PDT #2841 of 4151
Yikes that is scary!! I hope it magically weakens quickly.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2024 10:00:05 am PDT #2842 of 4151
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
They do expect it to lose steam. At least going to 4 and hopefully 3. But keeping strong all the way across the state including Orlando.
Even a 3 going across the entire state is going to be very bad.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 07, 2024 10:41:19 am PDT #2843 of 4151
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Here's hoping everyone can get battened down safely.
Happy Birthday, Jen P!
This weekend I got my Cat People for Harris/Walz sign from the local Democratic Party HQ and put it up in the yard.
Laura - Oct 07, 2024 11:11:47 am PDT #2844 of 4151
Our wings are not tired.
Some sanity~ma for my brother needed. I'd ask for health~ma, but really we just need him to take his health seriously for the first time in 69 years. He's lost 25 pounds and is vomiting. He went to the doctor this morning and they have sent him for a bunch of stat scans. He is on the west coast of Florida so I am surprised they even got him in. He falls often, so it could even be a concussion. He has such a long list of issues it is hard to say. He takes 3 meds for diabetes, which in his mind means he can eat as many donuts and those canned sweet coffees as he wants. He has MS, which is mostly in remission, but he falls because he won't use a cane. He chain smokes. Basically, he has zero regard for his body but apparently he was annoyed enough with the recent issues that he went to the doctor this morning without kicking and screaming. He is getting his scans done right now.